Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Daily Debrief: Corn farmers vs. Google
- CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Declan McCullagh discuss corn farmers who are taking anti-Google fight to Washington.
- Tags: Google Inc., News, daily debrief, Charlie Cooper, Declan McCullagh, google, farm, corn, lobbyist, washington, search
- Videos 2008-06-11
Additional Resources
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- BPA story gets all political
- BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It’s just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...
- Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates
- Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...
- Tags: Strategy, Koman, H-1B, H-1B visa, tech worker, job, immigration system
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Community solar: "Why don't they get it in Washington?"
- The man from the bank stood in front of the small gathering and talked about solar energy and why his bank helped put together a community solar project in my new hometown: Ashland, Oregon. Bank of the Cascades, Executive Vice President, Bill Haden, said he explained the...
- Tags: Bank, Panel, Washington, Oregon, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Network Neutrality & Google's Openness Before The FCC
- Google clearly wants the FCC to make sure that other private companies' networks are open equally to all Internet services. Now, it will be interesting to see if that applies to networks in which Google is involved. On Friday, the Commission takes up the question of whether...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Network, Comcast Corp., Clearwire Corp., Network Neutrality, Internet, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?
- Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?Every second they delay adds another nail to satelite radio's coffinMajor car makers will all be adding net access to all of their new vehicles soon, which will add yet another choice streaming radio for consumers.I'm not sure if streaming radio in cars...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Federal government, Sirius merger, merger, stand-up, Sirius, XM Satellite Radio Inc., FCC, radio, Sat Radio
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Carriers delay Google Android launch
- Carriers delay Google Android launchGovernment would be even worseActually, we would still have all the above problems you mentioned plus the delays caused by these added layers:1. Political posturing by a bunch of lawmakers who know little about technology2. Lobbyist working for big business who are going to do anything...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Vertical industries, WIRELESS, Google Android launch, Google Inc., Google Android, Dana, government, IEEE 802.11, carrier
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- The value in name patients
- The value in name patientsYour assuming of course ....... that the surgery is successfull. What if he dies on the table or within 60 days after? Will people still want to use Duke?Probably won't make any difference unless...Dr. Friedman severely blunders. According to this article:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060200926.html?hpid=moreheadlinesthis is very...
- Tags: Friedman, patient, Kennedy, surgery
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Google's Page pitches for white spaces in DC
- Google's Page pitches for white spaces in DCGrand Jury?Google is doing something wrong?huh?what ya talking about?Just another hypocrite/lobbyist[i]For us, that translates into more revenues for us. If you have 10 percent more connectivity in the U.S. that's 10 percent more revenue for us and that's a big number. The more...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, VHF TV channel, white space, digital television, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Sometimes it takes a thousand words
- Sometimes it takes a thousand wordsA lot more often than "sometimes". NT.Oh, so true......but you need the diagrams...too many people get lost in the words. That being said, adhering too closely to any standard or methodology is a self defeating exercise.BLUE!I can't believe that you were allowed to do...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, parallel, software, real world, Bookkeeper
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel point
- OXML as Microsoft's swivel pointYes, but...There's always a but isn't there? Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've observed Microsoft isn't really going to follow what the folk on the ISO committee are going to do to both fix and develop OXML.It is all just a deja vu...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., oXML
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML winLong live the Microsoft Zimbabwe standardIn recognition of ISO adoption of IS 29500 it will hence forth be formally known ans the Zimbabwe stand.Microsoft vote riggers sorry I mean keen standards followers were quoted as saying "we learnt all about ballot...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Sanity, Microsoft Corp., OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Change-Congress, an open source strategy for political reform
- Lawrence Lessig, known for his leadership on IP reform and the illfated Eldred v. Ashcroft decision, launched his latest project, Change-Congress at the National Press Club on Thursday. Partnering with Joe Trippi formerly of the Dean and Edwards campaigns, Lessig's strategy will be a "bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and...
- Tags: Open Source, Candidate, Change-Congress, Wiki, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Government endorsement of technology standards
- Government endorsement of technology standardsWelcome the GNBA Government Not Bad Association we're all screwed !"Oh yes, the answer to this terms next President. Has anybody put a timeline on this one. Yea, I hear John Carol is Lobbyist for the FCC and future candidate for an Executive position with AT&T...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., technology standard, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trusted
- Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trustedcomcastI’m holding this position until someone with an appropriate comment arrives.Thanks Comcast for showing us how to protect free speech.Message has been deleted.As much as I side with Comcast overallThis behavior is really unbecoming of the corporation. Do they not think that their lobbyist...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- New majority loses nerve on net neutrality
- Now that Democrats have a majority in Congress, they are losing their appetite for direct confrontation with the phone monopolies over network neutrality. HR 5353, introduced by Rep. Edward Markey, carries no enforcement provision on network neutrality, and even carries the co-sponsorship of a neutrality opponent, Rep....
- Tags: Chip Pickering, Democrat, Network, Majority, Edward Markey, Net Neutrality, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- New Mexico's video game nanny tax
- New Mexico's video game nanny taxand what else?Maybe they should tax cell phones, books (that's how I and my son wasted hours as kids, staying indoors reading), definitely owning a PC, - how about a food tax even? Their intentions are good, but the methodology is wrong.Sieg Heil?Your state governments...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Games, Corporate communications, govt, tax, video game, game, video
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Congress questions FCC copyright plan
- Congress questions FCC copyright planCheck this outFritz Attaway, a senior lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America, said the only alternative to the broadcast flag would be to use encryption. "The only other way to deal with this problem is for broadcasters to encrypt their signals, which has enormous...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, Fritz Attaway, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
